{"id":1505196,"date":"2022-06-06T12:19:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T16:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505196"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T16:19:44","slug":"really-deranged-texas-rep-crenshaw-blasts-dallas-gay-bars-obscene-kids-drag-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/really-deranged-texas-rep-crenshaw-blasts-dallas-gay-bars-obscene-kids-drag-show\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Really Deranged\u2019: Texas Rep. Crenshaw Blasts Dallas Gay Bar\u2019s Obscene Kids Drag Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freally-deranged-texas-rep-crenshaw-blasts-dallas-gay-bars-obscene-kids-drag-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505196&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Parents who took little children to a Dallas gay bar\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dallas-gay-bars-drag-show-for-kids-obscene-sign-draws-angry-protests\">obscene drag show<\/a> \u201clost their minds a long time ago,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dan-crenshaw\">Rep. Dan Crenshaw<\/a> said Sunday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1533633704395952129?s=20&#038;t=aYXCFb1Z_sG24yoqH3Rhyg\">series of tweets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDrag the Kids to Pride\u201d show at the Mr. Misster bar was billed as a \u201cfamily-friendly\u201d version of the bar\u2019s regular \u201cChampagne Drag Brunch.\u201d During Saturday\u2019s event, drag performers pranced with children as young as seven in front of a neon sign that read, \u201cIt\u2019s not gonna lick itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is really deranged,\u201d the Texas Republican and former Navy SEAL tweeted. \u201cIt\u2019s also proof that when you\u2019re too open-minded, your brain falls out. Clearly these parents lost their minds a long time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is really deranged. It\u2019s also proof that when you\u2019re too open-minded, your brain falls out. <\/p>\n<p>Clearly these parents lost their minds a long time ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBTGMkYqqc\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZBTGMkYqqc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1533633704395952129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several parents and attendees who wore T-shirts supporting Texas Democrat Beto O\u2019Rourke for governor defended taking children to the event in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AldoButtazzoni\">Aldo Buttazzoni<\/a>, a correspondent for the YouTube channel \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/shopfleccas.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Fleccas Talks<\/a>.\u201d Crenshaw weighed in to reject claims that exposing children to the spectacle was teaching them tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me ask you: When parents want to introduce their kids to straight sex, they don\u2019t take them to a strip club or burlesque show, do they?\u201d Crenshaw asked in one of several tweets on the subject. \u201cIs this hyper-sexual drag show supposed to accurately represent the gay community?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this really supposed to build \u201ctolerance?\u201d I can\u2019t imagine most gay couples I know would ever condone kids going to these shows, just as most straight couples wouldn\u2019t bring their kid to a burlesque show,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not only deranged, but also gives millions of decent gay couples a bad name,\u201d Crenshaw concluded.<\/p>\n<p>A group called \u201cProtect Texas Kids\u201d protested outside the bar and said it had hoped to scuttle the event as soon as it heard about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mission was to raise awareness that an event like this, a drag show for children, was happening right in Dallas,\u201d the organization said in a statement. \u201cWe also hoped that if we raised awareness, the event might be canceled or modified so that children couldn\u2019t be present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the event, the bar released a statement claiming it was raising money for a local LGBTQ+ youth organization and accused protesters of being \u201ctransphobic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are more than happy to open our doors to celebrate Pride in a family friendly, safe environment, separate from our normal operations of 2 p.m. \u2013 2 a.m. on Saturdays because we believe that everyone should have a space to be able to celebrate who they are,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents who took little children to a Dallas gay bar\u2019s obscene drag show \u201clost their minds a long time ago,\u201d Rep. Dan Crenshaw said Sunday in a series of tweets. 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